BEST Robotics has been in business since 1993 and has provided a wide variety of challenges for participating teams. These challenges include:
- PVC Insanity, 1993
- Bumble Rumble, 1994
- TOTALLY AWESOME, 1995
- Block N’ Load, 1996
- Dynamite Duel, 1997
- Toxic Troubles, 1998
- Rocket Race: The Alien Escape, 1999
- Pandemonium in the Smithsonian, 2000
- RAD to the CORE, 2001
- Warp X, 2002
- Transfusion Confusion, 2003
- BEST Fever, 2004
- Mission to Hubble, 2005
- Laundry Quandary, 2006
- 2021: A Robot Odyssey, 2007 **
- Just Plane Crazy, 2008 **
- High Octane, 2009 **
- Total Recall, 2010 **
- BUGS, 2011 **
- Warp XX, 2012 **
- Gatekeeper, 2013 **
- Bladerunner 2014 **
- Pay Dirt 2015 **
- Bet The Farm 2016 **
- Crossfire 2017 **
** Indicates competitions in which IGR competed.
BEST stands for Boosting Engineering Science & Technology, all of which are promoted by the program in order to create new generations of thinkers, engineers, and innovators.
To learn more about the BEST Robotics’ principles and mission statement, visit its website here.